Job Description

Business Overview:

The North America Sector IB & M&A Advisory platform operates as a function of BNP Paribas’s Global Banking group, focused on the U.S. and Canada, covering clients in the region across the full suite of investment banking products: M&A, ECM and Leveraged Finance. BNPP provides strategic advice to multinational corporations and financial sponsors on the structuring and execution of complex transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, asset divestments, initial public offerings, follow-on offerings and leveraged buy-out underwritings. The team covers various sub-sectors including: Biotechnology, HCIT, Healthcare Services, Medical Devices and Technologies, Life Science Tools and Diagnostics, Pharma Service, and Specialty Pharma. The ideal candidate will have interest to work within each of these plaforms and provide support to senior bankers across all verticals. The platform offers a full range of execution capabilities and services to clients, in close collaboration with BNPP’s product teams.

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

Results and Impact

Able to influence peers and team.
Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work. 
Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.

Leadership and Collaboration:

Creates trust with colleagues.
Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.

Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus: 

Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level. 

Compliance Culture and Conduct: 

Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

Responsibilities: 

Support the execution and origination of investment banking transactions 
Lead and/or support M&A, ECM and Leveraged Finance transactions, including coordinating across all parties involved
Help prepare and contribute to deal pitches, including idea generation, research and analyze companies and industries
Prepare and review complex financial models, including valuation and merger consequences analysis
Provide industry intelligence and competitive analysis for potential opportunities, and assist in scoping potential deals 
Work in close partnership with various Managing Directors, Directors and Vice Presidents to manage client relationships and deliverables 
Oversee analysts in the preparation and analysis of pitch and transaction materials
Establish effective working relationships and build credibility with internal constituents throughout the organization

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of investment banking experience 
Core valuation / financial modelling experience in a professional setting
Demonstrated record of academic excellence
Strong analytical and quantitative skills
Team player, self-motivated and entrepreneurial
Detail oriented with a complete focus on quality results/deliverables
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

Preferred Qualifications: 

Prior Investment Banking experience at an investment bank with specific exposure to M&A, ECM and Leveraged Finance
At least two years of experience working in the Healthcare sector

FINRA Registrations Required:

Series 79 and 63

CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required): 

Not Applicable 

SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:

Not Applicable